Former Nigeria President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said that without effective Testing for covid-19 in Africa, Lockdown of city’s will have little effect in curtailing the spread of the virus.
Jonathan in his statement said that what Africa needs right now is Testing kits.
He said “It is true that many African nations are observing lockdown of cities and maintaining isolation centres, but if there is no effective testing, locking down populations as currently obtainable in many African countries may not be very effective.
“The key thing is that Africa is in dire need of testing kits. The world should come to the aid of Africa by sending more of these kits and other needed equipment to make the fight against COVID-19 more meaningful. Restrictions without strong and aggressive testing will not be impactful.
Jonathan plead with the world Health Organization, to the aid of African countries.
“We plead that WHO needs to come to the aid of African countries to enable them to procure the necessary kits to enable them to conduct aggressive testing now that many cities are locked down.”
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